Environmental Engineers
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 285 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 96% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Design, or supervise the design of, systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Advise corporations or government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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